Dorte Kjær (born 6 February 1964) is a retired female

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player from

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European & Danish titles

Kjær won the gold medal at the

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1990 European Badminton Championships The 12th European Badminton Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union, between 8 and 14 April 1990, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Sovietic Badminton Federation. There were 24 teams taking part in the mixed team event. ...

in women's doubles with Nettie Nielsen. She and Nettie Nielsen had already won the European juniors girls doubles title in 1981. In 1983 they became the Danish National ladies doubles champions for the first time. Together they won the

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six times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 & 1990). Dorte Kjaer won another National ladies doubles title in 1991 with

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. She also won one National Danish mixed doubles title in 1990 with Henrik Svarrer. Dorte Kjaer first won a bronze medal at the

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with Anne Skovgaard. She won a silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 1981 European Junior Championships with Mark Christiansen in

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Other International titles

Dorte Kjaer and Nettie Nielsen won a bronze medal in Women's doubles at the

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when badminton was an exhibition sport. Dorte Kjaer won the Nordic badminton Championships in Women's doubles in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 with Nettie Nielsen and in 1989 with Lotte Olsen. She captured the Nordic mixed doubles title in 1984 with Jesper Helledie. With Nettie Nielsen she won the Scottish Open twice in 1985 & 1986 and with

the Danish Open & German Open in 1990. With Henrik Svarrer she won the Carlton-Intersport-Cup in 1987 and the

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in 1989. She was a professional badminton player for approximately 10 years.

Achievements

World Cup

''Women's doubles''

European Championships

''Women's doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjaer, Dorte 1964 births Living people Danish female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Denmark Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Roskilde Badminton players from Region Zealand